Toilet-seat protector



March 18 1924.

' 1,487,448 J. s. DUARTE TOILET SEAT PROTECTOR Filed May 25 192s Jsse 5511a??? Patented Mar 18, 1924.

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Application filed May 25, 1923. Serial No. 841,412.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jnssn S. DUARTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providencean-d State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet Seat Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for positioning a protecting sheet of paper over a toilet seat; and has for its object to provide simple and effective means arranged to be operated by the lifting of the seat from its normal to'raised position,wvhereby a strip of paper is fed to and folded about the front edge of the seat and held in such folded position.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section illustrating my improved device with the seat raised in full lines and in normal position in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a fragmental View illustrating the position of a strip of paper as having been fed into position to be folded about the seat by the raising motion of the seat.

Figure 3 is a top view illustrating the strip of paper as having been folded about the top edge of the seat.

Figure 1 is a detail illustrating the means for adjusting the operating length of stroke of the paper'feeding mechanism.

With reference to the drawings, 10 designates a closet bowl and .11 the seat which is connected by a hinge 12, which is adapted to be moved from its normal position up to its raised or thrown-back position illustrated in Figure 1.

In order to fold a strip of paper around the forward edge of this seat member, I have mounted a supply roll of paper 13 in the frame 14: and a pair of feed rolls 15 below the supply roll. On the shaft at the end of one of these feed rolls is mounted a pawl and ratchet mechanism 16 which connects the feed gear 17 to the roll and this gear is in mesh with the rack 18 which is pivot-ally connected through a rod 19 to the seat 11 at 20, a suitable distance from the seat hinge 12, to provide sufficient movement of the rack to rotate the feed rolls through ratchet 16 and gear 17 to feed the required length of'paper. In some instances, when it is desired to change the extent of feed, I

mount a bracket 21 as shown in Figure 4, on the seat and the same may be adjusted by loosening the thumb screw 22 to slide the plate 23 either forward or backward and in this way I am enabled to regulate the stroke or feed of the length of paper strip required, by causing the end of the rod 19 to be moved through different distances by varying the radius of the are of its swing with relation to the pivotal point 12.

In order to sever the strip after it has been fed, I have mounted a knife 24 in the guide 25, the same being pressed inwardly by a knee lever 26 pivoted at 27 when the seat is moved to open position against its lower end to cause the upper end 28 of this lever to engage the end of the knife spindle and press it inwardly against the tension of spring 29 into engagement with the paper.

In order to fold the ends of this several strip of paper around the front edge of the seat, I have provided a block 30 above the edge of the seat and a block 31 below the edge of the seat, whereby when the seat is moved back to its extreme up position these upper and under blocks serve to fold the paper over the outer and inner edges of the seat, simultaneously.

In some instances, it is found of advantage to secure the inner edge of the paper to the under surface of the seat, which is done by providing a wire holder which is pivoted at 33 to the edge of the bowl 10 and the upper edge of this wire is held by an eye member 84 to swung with the seat,

whereby when the seat is up, this wire holder member is withdrawn from contact with the paper and when the seat is swung down to normal position this wire is advanced as illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 3, to fold the under end of the paper beneath the seat.

1 An operating handle is secured to the under portion of the seat and arranged to extend laterally to one side and then forwardly into position to be readily engaged when desired to lift the seat to receive the protecting covering.

My improved device is simple and praotical in construction and efiective in its operation and by its use the seat is rendered more sanitary as a fresh covering strip may be employed each time the device is used.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a hinged toilet seat, of means for feeding and cutting a protecting strip of paper and folding it over the front edge of the seat by the moving of the seat from normal to raised position.

2. The combination with a hinged toilet seat, of a roll of paper suitably mounted above the seat, means operated by the raising of the seat for feeding a strip of paper from said roll, severing the strip and folding the severed portion about the front edge of the seat. I 3. The combination with a hinged toilet seat, of paper feeding rolls, a rack and pinion operated by the raising of the seat for causing said rolls to feed the paper, a knife actuated by a movement of the seat for severing the paper, and members between which the front edge of the seat is positioned when swung back for folding the severed strip of paper over the edge of the seat.

t. The combination with a hinged toilet seat, of means for feeding and cutting a protecting strip of paper and folding it over the front edge of the seat by the moving of the seat from normal to raised position, and means for folding the inner edge of the paper under the seat as the latter descends to operating position.

5. The combination with a hinged toilet seat, of paper feed rolls, a rack and pinion operated by the raising of the seat for causing said rolls to feed the paper, a knife actuated by a movement of the seat for severing the paper, members between which the front edge of the seat is positioned when swung back for holding the severed strip of paper over the edge of the seat, and means for folding one inner edge of the paper under the seat as the latter descends to operating position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JESSE S. DUARTE. 

